αἰώρα

See also: αιώρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐώρα (eṓra)

Etymology

Previously, an iterative verb *ϝαι-ϝωρ-έω (*wai-wōr-éō) was reconstructed, from which this word was a derivation. This type is not accepted anymore. Taillardat assumes a derivation from the root of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise up”), with a successive reduplication. However, Beekes finds this uncertain and leaves the etymology open.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɔ̌ː.ra/ → /ɛˈo.ra/ → /eˈo.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɔ̌ː.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛˈo.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛˈo.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈo.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈo.ra/

Noun

αἰώρᾰ • (aiṓra) f (genitive αἰώρᾱς); first declension

1. swing, hammock, chariot on springs
2. noose, halter
3. oscillatory movement, seesaw
4. (medicine) passive exercise
5. (of mind) fluctuation

Inflection

First declension of ἡ αἰῶρᾰ; τῆς αἰώρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αἰῶρᾰ hē aiôra	τὼ αἰώρᾱ tṑ aiṓrā	αἱ αἰῶραι hai aiôrai
Genitive	τῆς αἰώρᾱς tês aiṓrās	τοῖν αἰώραιν toîn aiṓrain	τῶν αἰωρῶν tôn aiōrôn
Dative	τῇ αἰώρᾳ têi aiṓrāi	τοῖν αἰώραιν toîn aiṓrain	ταῖς αἰώραις taîs aiṓrais
Accusative	τὴν αἰῶρᾰν tḕn aiôran	τὼ αἰώρᾱ tṑ aiṓrā	τᾱ̀ς αἰώρᾱς tā̀s aiṓrās
Vocative	αἰῶρᾰ aiôra	αἰώρᾱ aiṓrā	αἰῶραι aiôrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• αἰωρέω (aiōréō)
• αἰώρημᾰ (aiṓrēma)
• αἰώρησῐς (aiṓrēsis)
• αἰωρητός (aiōrētós)

 

Descendants

• Greek: αιώρα (aióra)

Further reading

• “αἰώρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “αἰώρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• αἰώρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἰώρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN